Visiting Normandy and touring the beaches from D-Day, June 6, 1944, is a powerful experience. It is an experience that all American citizens should plan to do. There are incredible stories of American servicemembers that left their homes to serve and sacrifice for a cause greater than themselves. It is important to remember and honor these heroes. Many people do this every year as there are approximately 1.7 million people who visit the Normandy American Cemetery annually.

In this podcast episode, I speak with a tour guide, Yannick Sterke, who gives tours of the Normandy battlefields. In the summer of 2022, I took a three day tour with Yannick. He is a wealth of knowledge. He showed our group significant places including Omaha beach, Utah beach, Point du Hoc, and Saint Lo. At each place, he told us about the history of D-Day and the invasion of Normandy with a lot of powerful stories. Yannick and I kept in touch and he agreed to do an interview to talk about the history of World War II, D-Day, the Battle of Normandy, and his work showing people (including World War II veterans) the battlefields.

• Check out Yannick's comapny: HQ Company Tour
• Visit HQ Company Tour on Facebook, Instagram, or TripAdvisor
• Check out the Normandy American Cemetery where approximately 1.7 million people visit each year.

Additional Books to Read:

• Operation Jubilee: Dieppe, 1941: The Folly and the Sacrifice
• The Dead and Those About to Die: The Big Red One at Omaha Beach by John C. McManus
• Omaha Beach D-Day June 6 1944 by Joseph Balkoski
• The Bedford Boys by Alex Kershaw

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